Extremist
Extremist adjective - Being very far from the center of public opinion.
Paramilitary and extremist are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Paramilitary" instead an adjective "Extremist".
Paramilitary
Paramilitary adjective - Of or relating to a group of civilians organized to function like or to assist a military unit.
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Synonyms for Paramilitary
Extremist and paramilitary are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Extremist" instead an adjective "Paramilitary".
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Ditto with Rohm, who was the leader of the Steel Helmets, a powerful paramilitary group and the most influential extremist organization in Bavaria until the Nazi party swallowed them up.
- Partly as a result, ISIS (no, not that ISIS), an extremist Sunni paramilitary group, has branched off from the Syrian Civil War and flat-out conquered most of western Iraq.
Source: Useful Notes / The New Tens -
Hidden in Plain Sight: Kang runs his extremist paramilitary outfit whilst being the South Korean prime minister's head of security.
Source: Film / Olympus Has Fallen
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